Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Hospitals experience 60% rise in bankruptcies, despite overall industry decline
A report from Gibbins Advisors found that, overall, the healthcare space is feeling the stress of economic chaos, including Medicaid cuts, tariffs and high interest rates.
U.S. Army veteran launches ‘Chief Bud’ AI tool to help soldiers find housing
The new tool received $25,000 in funding after winning the grand prize in a Veterans Day pitch contest. Currently in a pilot phase, the website will help troops find shelter, be it temporary or permanent.
Legal eagles forecast 3 healthcare AI trends to eyeball in 2026 and beyond
Heated tension between state and federal AI regulators is coming, predict two attorneys subspecialized in AI startup success, data privacy and cybersecurity.
Cardiologist highlights key differences between OBLs and ASCs
Current payment policies have health systems and physicians all over the country looking to learn more about these two business models.
Outspoken nurses in hot water | Population growth slowdown | Hospitals becoming Medicare Advantage carriers | and more news & views of note
How politically heated is the present moment? Enough to elicit verbal violence from trusted nurses.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. 1. The Federal Trade Commission isn’t messing around.

10 aspects of healthcare AI to which attention must be paid

Patient safety should be the No. 1 consideration for healthcare organizations working, planning or hoping to adopt AI. Then again, nine other concerns are similarly crucial to the success of the industry-wide endeavor.

Around the world, healthcare still pays more than any other sector for data breaches

No industry has taken cybercrime on the chin more than healthcare over the past 13 years. That trend continues in 2024, as global data breaches cost healthcare $9.77 million between March 2023 and February 2024.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days: HHS has begun doing healthcare AI differently

Senate bill would protect rural residents from shock of healthcare service shutdowns

Calling the legislation the Hospital Stability and Health Services Act, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) suggests she wrote the bill with rural communities in mind.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

CVS should probably stop making job applicants face video lie detectors armed with emotion AI.

Are these the 5 best healthcare AI products money can buy?

No time like the present to canvass experts for their opinions on which tools are tops.

Humana to open clinics at 23 empty Walmart Health locations

The clinics will open in 2025 with a new focus on providing primary care to seniors under the CareWell and Conviva brands.

Business Intelligence

Hospitals experience 60% rise in bankruptcies, despite overall industry decline

U.S. Army veteran launches ‘Chief Bud’ AI tool to help soldiers find housing

Legal eagles forecast 3 healthcare AI trends to eyeball in 2026 and beyond

Cardiologist highlights key differences between OBLs and ASCs

Outspoken nurses in hot water | Population growth slowdown | Hospitals becoming Medicare Advantage carriers | and more news & views of note